Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know about Economics and the EnvironmentIt's one thing to be passionate about protecting the environment. It's another to be successful at it. In this book, Stroup expains why many of our environmental laws have failed us and how we might go about doing a better job protecting nature. |
Contents
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Rights How Property Rights and Markets Replace Conflict with Cooperation | 17 |
Coercion Protecting the Environment with Government Action | 39 |
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Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know about Economics and the Environment Richard Stroup No preview available - 2016 |
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